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From: pauls@tellabs.com (Paul Silver)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.cinema
Subject: Re: NC-17 controversies
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Date: 29 Nov 90 06:28:45 GMT
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In response to the posting which listed what would happen to the NC-17
rating if a hard-core porn film were submitted to the MPAA:

You said that either it would cause the NC-17 rating to become what
the X rating was, or that no one would be fooled and no other
hard-core porn producers would ever attempt to submit for a rating
again.

A third possibility is that the MPAA could refuse to rate the porn
film.  Just because a film is submitted for a rating does not mean
that the MPAA is required to give it a rating.  It just returns the
producer's fee and tells him they will not rate it.  He then is forced
to give it an X rating, or try to release it unrated, which now
amounts to the same thing.

-- 
Paul Silver
pauls@tellabs.com